[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-446":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Zombie Apocalypse: Creation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1886923,2510,"Chapter 446: Reading Documents (2)","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-446",446,"\u003Cp>However, it was not a long-term solution as half of the central bank's money was from the general population.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there were mass withdrawals, it could potentially lead to a bank run unless he prints a ton of food stamps to match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, limiting withdrawals would only hurt people's incentive to keep their money in the bank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was also no backup, as the central bank was the only bank that he had allowed to be created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his business venture as Songming, he knew that the hardest thing was to develop trust from the general population.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you come up with a solution yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi smirked as she could tell that Xiaoyun's mind was stuck on solving this crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had clearly read the document before handing it over to Xiaoyun, and her face clearly indicated that she had already devised a plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for some reason, Xiaoyun's mind didn't want to admit defeat as a sense of competition engulfed his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I got this. I'm a professional in this field.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay then... Just tell me when you got the solution to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun turned his attention back to the document, his mind was still fixated on coming up with an idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The simplest solution was to raise more money and establish rules to prevent withdrawals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using law was instantly ruled out, as he already mentioned earlier, with credibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It left the other solution of handing the money to him by their own will, not wanting to withdraw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bonds... More Bonds.\" Xiaoyun thought to himself that it was the easiest way to raise money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he already still has a bunch of war bonds that he hasn't even paid back yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising bonds again so soon just didn't seem to be a good idea, at least not until he paid it back first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck, I give up. Yuqi, what plan do you have for this?\" Xiaoyun asked as he looked over at her with a pleading face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now you're giving up... Hmm, I don't feel like helping anymore. But if someone fulfills my wish——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can fulfill it. Just help me solve this damn annoying problem. I don't have the patience to deal with this anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, you promised.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Xiaoyun nodded, Yuqi took out a piece of paper from her desk drawer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We'll just release the new version of the money early and allow for an exchange rate of 1 food stamp for 5 new dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then we print 2 times the amount, giving us more than half of the total money supply for free.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>XIaoyun froze as he read the paper that Yuqi had handed over, with thousands of questions popping into his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one key idea took over all his rational thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't this going to cause mass inflation through the roof? We don't have goods to back up the money supply.\" Xiaoyun argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine. Trust me, we already have too little money in the market to be spent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The market can handle a moderate amount of inflation... Besides, it's not like we're going to spend all of it in a single day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Yuqi's explanation, Xiaoyun was somewhat convinced, but the idea of 2x still seemed a bit crazy to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know, I was thinking of 10x the amount of money supply. I hate using one food stamp valued as three dollars instead of one anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Never mind, let's just go with this plan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun instantly accepted Yuqi's idea of 2x the money supply with the new dollars, as 10x sounds beyond rationality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay. Then I'm going to send the letter over to the central bank... Finally, I got to use the new dollar bill instead of food stamps.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the financial aspects out of the way, Xiaoyun could finally put the two documents aside, as three more documents lay before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When is this going to end?\" Xiaoyun complained as he started to get bored of reading so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shouldn't have taken that long of a break then,\" Yuqi smirked again as she started typing on her computer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he flipped open the third document, he was surprised to see a fully sealed report from Renqin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the bold letter top secret, Xiaoyun slowly opened it to see what it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a report about traces of a secret society once again rearing its ugly head in Guangxi out of all places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were even pictures zoomed all the way in of what seemed to be trucks driving into mountain tunnels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with the map stating the place was a laboratory before the outbreak and overequipped guards at the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something was being hidden inside the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A heavily guarded place that had no strategic value was clearly only what a secret society he had faced in the past would do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of the agent's contract with local resistance stating people were missing occasionally, it was clear what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Annoying sewer rats...\" Xiaoyun thought to himself as he closed the document.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing much he could do, at least not until he had secured one of the flanks and Zhaoqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he had connected the dots with Yezi's report of a zombie horde located in Guangxi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a real possibility the secret society was directing the zombie horde to attack him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just two more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun turned his attention to the fifth document, he was surprised to see it coming from the Department of Labor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening and reading the paper inside, he was bombarded with a list of complaints that had been selected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost 80% of them were individuals being taken advantage of by private businesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the other 20% faced the same issue, but against mostly government companies that had been shifted into worker-owned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So many violations... Yuqi, you know about this?\" Xiaoyun asked as he handed the paper over to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... It's just the cost of doing business. Most of them already paid their fines or reached an agreement with their workers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite Yuqi's answer, Xiaoyun wasn't satisfied with it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his mind, the workers were only compromising with their boss because they had no position to negotiate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you frowning?\" Yuqi curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun remained silent, knowing this issue was a systemic problem that no government in the world had solved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't even say he had protected all of his workers in the past with fairness in mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The existence of competition was a driving factor for growth but also an instability threat he couldn't resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shifting his economic policy away from a fully planned economy meant he had no way of reversing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn't do it even if he could, as the efficiency of the competition had raised people's standard of living much greater than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, an alarm was raised as it was clear something had to be done to reduce the frequncy of labor laws being violated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuqi, what do you think if we strictly enforced labor laws and fined businesses progressively per violation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xiaoyun's question, Yuqi froze for a second before looking at him as if she were looking at some sort of rare panda.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you out of your mind? Too many things will be affected if we enforce it too hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We have already tried our best to facilitate a compromise. If we enforce it, entrepreneurs will be extremely hard to find.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continue your journey with mvl\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun understood what Yuqi was trying to imply, and he also agreed with the economic growth it brought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, this created wealth inequality for a settlement that only controlled three cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could already imagine that as more cities came under their control, the problem would only get worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sooner or later, he would face an upper class that wields massive influence and would start making demands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not wasting any more time, Xiaoyun took out his phone before dialing Yueyue's number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look who decided to call me... What do you want?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you come over to the Yuqi's office for a second? We want to talk to you about something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the urgency in Xiaoyun's voice, Yueyue said yes before hanging up the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whose 'we?' Why did you call Yueyue?\" Yuqi asked in confusion as she started to have a bad feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm going to enforce labor laws——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You what? You can't be serious. Our private sector just started to grow in values.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuqi, you don't understand. We are the government, not a profit-driven company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is no point in economic growth if people don't support us. Qiqi, people are the key.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But... how about we set the regulation after we have settled down? A drastic reform during wartime doesn't sound safe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun shook his head as he rejected Yuqi's suggestion to wait it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because we're at war, it's the best time to have people get in line. There is no better time than now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People are much more willing to accept changing now than at peace time where everything is settled down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1520,"2026-06-10T06:59:31.433Z",1,"novelbin.me","03b5139bc76d8f074b7dde6fce48fe6a9b3a54389d74ab74632ef9bfa5b624d6","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-447","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-445",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]